Re: Now that ATV launched...

About dimensions: Can an ATV theoretically return in a shuttle for
refurbishing and reuse ?

Albert

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I had an idea.

The Automated Transfer Vehicle:

4480mm wide
9794mm long
19357kg at launch

The Columbus laboratory:

4477mm wide
6871mm long
12775kb at launch

Would it be possible to add the ATV manouvering parts to a regular ISS
module and launch it using an Ariane 5 rocket? I mean the dimension
pretty much match, the Ariane 5 rocket can certainly handle an ISS
module weight-wise and with the ATV equipment a module could find its
way to the ISS and attach itself to the structure, basically at an
joint.

Wouldn't it be cheaper to build the ISS this way?

Would it be possible to continue building the ISS this way, after the
shuttles retired? I know there were a great many modules scrapped from
the project because of the shuttle program, like the Centrifuge
Accommodations Module, the Russian Research Module or the Alpha
Magnetic Spectrometer. They could all be launched this way in my
opinion...


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